From the pilot’s seat of his motorbike, Luke Edwardes-Evans discusses the equipment he takes on Tour and observes the demeanour of Sky’s dual leaders  

Cartoonist Roger Blachon’s perfectly drawn illustrations graced the pages of l’Equipe for 20 years. Isabel Best meets those who knew him well

Another mountain stage breakaway, more points and a helping hand to Majka from the Tour’s remarkable green machine

Nicolas Portal’s pre-race recces are as thorough as they come and his relationship with Chris Froome is fundamental to the team’s success. Meet the young...

The groundwork was all laid, the result just didn’t turn out as planned. All the more reason then to recognise Philippe Gilbert’s effort

On Alpe d’Huez the quest for the perfect selfie ended one rider’s race and jeopardised the integrity of the whole Tour de France. What can...

Have you heard the one about the Kiwi and the banana? It’s been a long road from the foot of New Zealand to the top...

With ties that stretch back to the very beginning of the Tour de France, French newspaper L’Equipe enjoys a privileged position amongst Tour de France...

Rope barriers were placed around the notorious party central hairpin to tame the crowd, but how much of the atmosphere did it really sacrifice? An...

Dutch Tour contender Steven Kruijswijk made the early break and then took off on his own with over 70km to go. Having shaken the race...

The Spaniard secured his 2008 Tour victory on Alpe d’Huez. “The road book was already in my mind before the race started, I knew almost...

Barguil stakes claim to retake his king of the mountains crown in La Rosière

Stage 9 of the 2018 Tour de France was the one we’d all either been looking forward to or dreading. With their general classification man,...

In a tough and macho sport, the refreshing reactions of John Degenkolb and Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig at the Tour de France showed the power of...

Who expected lanky Luke Rowe to lead the bunch over two big climbs? Respect to last year’s lanterne rouge for a real rouleur’s ride

As if the crashes and punctures aren’t chaotic enough for the riders, there’s a whole bunch of people in the Tour’s convoy who need to...

You can sit around and wait for the inevitable. Or you can stick your neck out and maybe pull it off. Hats off to Cecilie Uttrup...

The Tour de France – one part sporting spectacle, one part logistical nightmare. Andy McGrath meets the men who keep the wheels turning

Stage 9 brought us a second splendid serving of stones for 2018, though it could have also brought the house down on so many Tour...

Liberté, egalité, fraternité, Grellier: on  Bastille Day, chapeau to Direct Energie’s lively French fugitive

More from our Tour de France 2018, 21 stages, 21 stories series: former triple jumper Jonathan Edwards hosts British Eurosport’s coverage at the Tour. The...

We watched it, so you didn’t have to. Stage 7 of the Tour de France took the race 231km due east from Fougères to Chartres...

Dimension Data want an African Tour winner by 2020. We love their hope, but here’s why that looks unlikely

He was a prologue specialist familiar with winning over short distances. But looking to right a historic wrong on home turf, Thierry Marie soloed 234km to a...

Fighting a rearguard action, here’s to LottoNL-Jumbo’s Dutch debutant who helped to save Primoz Roglic’s Tour de France after two slip-ups

We talk economics, electric vehicles and Emmanuel Macron with the Ag2r-La Mondiale climber who won the Tour de France’s last visit to Mûr de Bretagne

Trek-Segafredo’s potato-powered Latvian TT champion plays it smart in Brittany to land the polka dot jersey

21 stages, 21 stories – It was on the slopes of the Mûr de Bretagne that Cadel Evans and his BMC team sowed the seeds of...

History is made as Belgium’s Guillaume Van Keirsbulck becomes Rouleur’s first double Top Banana winner after proving the most enthusiastic rider in today’s break

EF Education First sports director Charly Wegelius gives us the inside story on Lawson Craddock’s spill on the opening stage of the 2018 Tour de...